This beautiful sound used to bring me so much joy because I was not met with a busy signal and it indicated the sound of entering a portal of wonder. Even though I haven't used dial-up for 15 years, the sound still brings me warm, fuzzy feelings.
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Downloaded from willterminus YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/gsNaR6FRuO0
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(Thanks to @cogdog for tweeting and @mburtis for #nostalgiaweb link search)

This is vulgar and outright disgusting. My kid were in the room! What I'm I supposed to explain this to them?! I'm writing a strongly worded letter to the interweb, you mark my worlds young hand drawn harlot. It's like a terrible joke that has gone on for way to gosh darn long and yet still, even as I'm typing this, won't stop.... K bye, sorry.

Where in the world did you find this sound in the daily wild to capture? This choice very much goes with the woman on the bicycle on the Information Superhighway. She is emerging for me as a distinct character. Does she have a name? Something a bit old fashioned yet girly- girl and charming like Emily or Rose. Perfect character for a classic cyberpunk story with their vivid streaks of neo-romanticism.